A random Eva-cdote.

[conuly]

Evangeline took a nap today. I hadn't been going to give her one, but she started screaming and sobbing because she couldn't get a grape out of the bag, of all things, so I just picked her up and brought her to her mom's room to lie down.

Evangeline: I'm not tired! I'm hungry!
Me: Well, we'll see. Let's just snuggle for a minute.
Evangeline: I'm not sleepy! I don't need to take a nap!
Me: Well, if you're not tired you won't go to sleep. And then you won't have to take a nap.
Evangeline: But I want my grape!
Me: If you don't go to sleep, you can have your grapes then. And if you do go to sleep there will be plenty of grapes still when you wake up.
Evangeline: There will?
Me: Yup.
Evangeline: Okay. But I won't go to sleep.

Five minutes later....

Evangeline: *snoresnoresnore*

Well, I did this, and I did that, and I went to cut up the parsley for my tabouleh, and you know what? It was cilantro! So now I had to go to the store to get some parsley, and it's been an hour, an hour and a half, so I went to wake up Evangeline. Couldn't leave her alone to go to the store, right?

Well. When I wake her up, if I get there before she's awake I like to sit next to her so I can pretend I've been there the whole time. So I did that.

Evangeline: *snore*
Me: Aw. How cute! *kiss*
Evangeline: Mmmm. *snore*
Me: *shakeshakeshake* C'mon! Time to wake up!
Evangeline: *one eye open* Hi Connie.
Me: Hi!
Evangeline: *both eyes open* I told you I wasn't tired.
Me: Yeah, uh, but you decided to take a nap anyway, right?
Evangeline: NO! I was awake!
Me: You were?
Evangeline: Yeah. I was just closing my eyes.

Riiiiight. You keep telling yourself that, honey.